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US military boards ship in Indian Ocean strike

Winston-Salem Journal 11 Feb 2026
WASHINGTON — U.S. military forces boarded a sanctioned oil tanker in the Indian Ocean after tracking the ship from the Caribbean Sea, the Pentagon said Monday ... .
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US military boards sanctioned oil tanker in the Indian Ocean after pursuit from the Caribbean

Gloucester Daily Times 10 Feb 2026
The U.S. military says it has boarded a sanctioned oil tanker in the Indian Ocean. The Pentagon said Monday that American forces tracked the vessel from the Caribbean Sea. The Pentagon didn't say whether the ship was connected to Venezuela, ... .
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US forces board sanctioned tanker in the Indian Ocean

SAFETY4SEA 10 Feb 2026
military forces intercepted and boarded the oil tanker Aquila II in the Indian Ocean after pursuing it from the Caribbean Sea, marking the longest pursuit of a sanctioned vessel under President Trump’s Venezuela oil blockade.
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US forces board oil tanker in Indian Ocean

Saudi Gazette 10 Feb 2026
WASHINGTON — US military forces boarded an oil tanker in the Indian Ocean after tracking the ship from the Caribbean Sea, the Pentagon said in a social media post on Monday.According to the Associated ...
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‘Tracked and hunted’: US forces board oil tanker in Indian Ocean after pursuit

South China Morning Post 10 Feb 2026
US military forces boarded a sanctioned tanker in the Indian Ocean after tracking the ship from the ...
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US forces seize ship in Indian Ocean that fled Caribbean blockade

The Daily Tribune - Bahrain 10 Feb 2026
US forces boarded and seized an oil tanker in the Indian Ocean that violated President Donald Trump’s blockade of sanctioned vessels in the Caribbean and fled the region, the Pentagon said yesterday.
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US boards Venezuela-linked oil tanker in the Indian Ocean after pursuit from Caribbean

AOL 10 Feb 2026
Following the US raid to apprehend then-President Nicolás Maduro in early January, several tankers fled the Venezuelan coast, including Aquila II, the ship that was boarded in the Indian Ocean in the early hours of Monday ... "It ran, and we followed." ... .
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Operation Vanilla: The HADR mission that anchored India in the Western Indian Ocean

Zeenews 09 Feb 2026
When INS Airavat reached Madagascar’s northern shores, it carried not only disaster relief stores but a message that India was prepared to act as a dependable first responder in the Western Indian Ocean ... .
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US forces seize seventh tanker over alleged Venezuelan ties — deep in the Indian Ocean

Tradewinds 09 Feb 2026
‘It ran, and we followed.’ Sanctioned Hong Kong-owned ship apprehended 1,300 nautical miles from land ....
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US forces board Venezuela-linked oil tanker in Indian Ocean without incident

The Jerusalem Post 09 Feb 2026
"Overnight, US military forces conducted a right-of-visit, maritime interdiction and boarding on the Aquila II without incident," Hegseth wrote in a post on X/Twitter. "It ran, and we followed." ....
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U.S. Seizes Tanker in Indian Ocean After Weekslong Chase From Caribbean

Wall Street Journal 09 Feb 2026
The sanctioned ship was the eighth vessel apprehended by the U.S. in connection with the quasi blockade of Venezuela’s oil industry ... .
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